Basic Tai Chi Skills: Use with Clients

Basic Tai Chi Skills for Use with Clients

What Exactly Is Tai Chi & what Does It Do? Tai Chi is a form of fluid and gentle circular movement,relaxed and slow in tempo. Breathing becomes deeper and slower. The extensive evidence base indicates its effectiveness as a relaxation technique, its ability to strengthen & mobilise joints and the general improvement it brings to overall mental and emotional well-being and physical fitness. What Client Groups Will Benefit? * Elderly clients * Mental Health clients * Learning Disability clients * Physically Disabled clients * Chronic Pain clients * Cardiovascular clients * Clients with anger management problems Risk Assessment Issues Learn the range of issues to be addressed during assessment of clients before commencing Tai Chi. Three Techniques With Twelve Components Learn thre different techniques consisting of 12 different compoenents. Emphasis on the day will be on extensive demonstration and practice to a level that will enable delegates to return to the workplace and work immeadiately with clients using their newly developed skills.

Course Outline:

09.45 Registration & Refreshments
10.00 Introduction, background to Tai Chi and relevant benefits
10.15 Importance of breath - 1st technique - Simple breathing exercise,
demonstration & practice
2nd technique - Tai Chi breath, 5 positions,
demonstration & practice
11.15 refreshments
11.30 3rd technique - Standing Still exercise (Standing like a tree), 6 positions,
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Assessing clients for appropraite use, where and when to use the techniques. Use of imagery
14.00 Recap and practice of Tai Chi Breath
14.45 Refreshments
15.00 Recap and practice of Standing Like A Tree. Consolidate all techniques
16.15 Plenary
16.30 Finish